I looked around but couldnt find anything
#How would i get per-application or per-workspace capture on sway?
neon peak
I looked around but couldnt find anything
The answer depends on what you’re capturing for (recording, streaming, screenshots).
oblique linden
The answer depends on what you’re capturing for (recording, streaming, screensho...
ohh ye i had to say obs lol
my baddd
obs mainly just for recording
neon peak
ohh ye i had to say obs lol
Install sudo pacman -S obs-studio pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
After that start them systemctl --user enable --now pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr and check systemctl --user status xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
oblique linden
capture works
it just doenst give a selector
the selector turned everything a bite whitesy and i had to click and then it captures the full monitor
oblique linden
and screensharing if posisble
sharp sedge
the selector turned everything a bite whitesy and i had to click and then it cap...
yeah thats slurp you can click and drag too
sharp sedge
https://github.com/naelstrof/maim seems to do that
wait thats for xorg
hold on please
oblique linden
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sway/en#Taking_screenshots
so on this page it would be for screenshraing etc?
sharp sedge
so on this page it would be for screenshraing etc?
that only covers screenshots
for screensharing uuuhhhhhhhhhh
oblique linden
yeahh my issue is screensharing and recording xd
sharp sedge
@oblique linden ok i think i got it
do you know where your xdg-desktop-portal-wlr config is
oblique linden
i think
sharp sedge
i think
could you try to send it then
its here btw
one of these places
if it exists
sharp sedge
my xdg thing is cooked i cant find my wlr config lol
one liner to search:
ls ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr /etc/xdg/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
oblique linden
doesnt exist
oblique linden
don
oblique linden
rofi
oblique linden
dw its fine
sharp sedge
make ~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/config
it has something to do with chooser_cmd but im not bothering to figure out the syntax
oblique linden
do you have the docs page
sharp sedge
man xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
oblique linden
ioh
sharp sedge
chooser_type=simple
chooser_cmd=rofi -dmenu -p 'Select a source to share: %p'
ah
sharp sedge
fun stuff fun stuff
oblique linden
ye im gonna use mandoc
oblique linden
maybe try `chooser_cmd=slurp -f 'Monitor: %o' -or`
may ask what this is uspposed to do
is xdg desktop portal wlr even maintained?
sharp sedge
may ask what this is uspposed to do
it makes slurp choose a window i think
sharp sedge
is xdg desktop portal wlr even maintained?
its actually pretty new so its still alive
oblique linden
the rofi thing does work btw
its just based on a monitor
which i only got 1... lol
sharp sedge
ok
oblique linden
the issu now is getting specific iwndows lol
maybe i should just switch back to hyprland or smth
sharp sedge
real
i actually wanted to do this for a while but i never figured it out
i might as well try now tho
sharp sedge
```[screencast]
chooser_type=simple
chooser_cmd=rofi -dmenu -p 'Select a source ...
replace simple with dmenu maybe?
oblique linden
i actually wanted to do this for a while but i never figured it out
it is possible through nested instances of sway
sharp sedge
oh yeah thats true
oblique linden
replace simple with dmenu maybe?
i did thats why its showing my monitor now
sharp sedge
oh ok
oblique linden
what do you use
oblique linden
this is a interesting message btw
smth weird i just noticed
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch systemd[465]: Starting Portal service (wlroots implementation)...
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch xdg-desktop-portal-wlr[6765]: 2025/12/11 16:41:51 [ERROR] - pipewire: couldn't connect to context
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch xdg-desktop-portal-wlr[6765]: 2025/12/11 16:41:51 [ERROR] - xdpw: failed to initialize screencast
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch xdg-desktop-portal-wlr[6765]: 'impl->enter_count > 0' failed at ../pipewire/spa/plugins/support/loop.c:592 loop_leave()
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch systemd[465]: xdg-desktop-portal-wlr.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch systemd[465]: xdg-desktop-portal-wlr.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 11 16:41:51 meowarch systemd[465]: Failed to start Portal service (wlroots implementation).
Dec 11 16:41:52 meowarch systemd[465]: xdg-desktop-portal-wlr.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Dec 11 16:41:52 meowarch systemd[465]: Starting Portal service (wlroots implementation)...
sharp sedge
weirdly enough my wlroots isnt even reading my config
oblique linden
is xdg-deskop-portal supposed to be started on boot by my config or by systemd
sharp sedge
is xdg-deskop-portal supposed to be started on boot by my config or by systemd
its started by dbus i think
i know xdpw is
oblique linden
i had fucked up my entire xdg deskop portal entirley lol
as wlr portal should support it but it just doesnt for whatever reason for me
ok so:
in the next sway update it will implement the proper protocol for xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
oblique linden
its started by dbus i think
river will get per-applicaiton soon too
assuming thtey are gonna follow wlroots
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/commit/f4327f52cf18fea41c08e054012b5a85967b18b1
this is the ocmmit for wlroots to implement the toplevel protoocol to allow the new screensharing feature that hopefully will come soon i guess
sharp sedge
river will get per-applicaiton soon too
no actually its going to lose per application
sharp sedge
(the next update to river makes it lose any ability to manage windows)
oblique linden
ah
well that commit just sent should add the partial protocol support for the toplevel capture thing from desktopwlr thingy
sharp sedge
oh ok